EP2072368A1 - Gelenk mit Aussparungen, insbesondere für Pleuelstange - Google Patents

Gelenk mit Aussparungen, insbesondere für Pleuelstange Download PDF

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EP2072368A1
EP2072368A1 EP08291164A EP08291164A EP2072368A1 EP 2072368 A1 EP2072368 A1 EP 2072368A1 EP 08291164 A EP08291164 A EP 08291164A EP 08291164 A EP08291164 A EP 08291164A EP 2072368 A1 EP2072368 A1 EP 2072368A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61F—RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES
    • B61F5/00—Constructional details of bogies; Connections between bogies and vehicle underframes; Arrangements or devices for adjusting or allowing self-adjustment of wheel axles or bogies when rounding curves
    • B61F5/02—Arrangements permitting limited transverse relative movements between vehicle underframe or bolster and bogie; Connections between underframes and bogies
    • B61F5/04—Bolster supports or mountings
    • B61F5/08—Bolster supports or mountings incorporating rubber springs
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16F—SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION
    • F16F1/00—Springs
    • F16F1/36—Springs made of rubber or other material having high internal friction, e.g. thermoplastic elastomers
    • F16F1/38—Springs made of rubber or other material having high internal friction, e.g. thermoplastic elastomers with a sleeve of elastic material between a rigid outer sleeve and a rigid inner sleeve or pin, i.e. bushing-type
    • F16F1/3828—End stop features or buffering
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
    • Y10T403/45—Flexibly connected rigid members
    • Y10T403/455—Elastomer interposed between radially spaced members
    • Y10T403/456—Elastomer encompasses shoulder on inner member

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  • the present invention relates to a honeycomb joint especially for a drive rod which is part of a box-bogie drive device for a train.
  • a honeycomb joint is intended to have very different radial stiffness along perpendicular stress axes.
  • the stiffness difference is usually adjusted by the size of the cells that may or may not be through.
  • the articulation must have firstly in a first direction a high flexibility to ensure comfort and filtration, and an additional function, namely a high stiffness for strong radial stresses, and on the other hand, a high stiffness in a second direction perpendicular to the first.
  • the elastomeric arms provide high flexibility in the first direction, and high stiffness in the second direction, and the circular rubber sectors serve to provide the desired high stiffness when the stop comes into contact with the outer tube.
  • This contact is effected by a rigid part, preferably metal, which avoids rapid wear by abrasion.
  • the articulation is characterized in that, in longitudinal section, the abutment pieces have a convex profile directed towards the outer tube. In this way, localized pinching of the elastomer at a longitudinal end is avoided, which would be the case with a cylindrical abutment piece.
  • the convex profile has a peak located in the vicinity of the middle of the outer tube.
  • the convex profile has, in longitudinal section, a rounded vertex region advantageously bordered by two line segments inclined at an angle ⁇ , relative to the axis of the outer tube, for example between 5 ° and 12 ° and especially equal to 10 °.
  • the articulation is characterized in that the central axis protrudes longitudinally on either side of the outer tube as well as the abutment pieces.
  • the ends of the cylindrical sectors are advantageously concave, for example to form cross-section semicircular sectors.
  • edges of the elastomeric arms which delimit said spaces are concave in cross section.
  • the central axis may be equipped at its ends with mounting elements on a structural element of a railway vehicle.
  • the honeycomb joint according to the invention has a cylindrical piece 1 forming an axis which has at its ends square-section connections 11 and 12 connected to the axis 1 by a shoulder 14. These connections 11 and 12 serve to fix the articulation to a bogie or a box of a railway vehicle.
  • An outer cylindrical tube 3 coaxial with the axis 1 (Y direction) is intended to be housed in the head of a rod.
  • the hinged knuckle joint ( Figures 1b and 1c ) comprises two arms 5 which are cylindrical sectors adhered to the axis 1 and the tube 3. These two arms terminate on either side of their plane of symmetry (parallel to the Z axis, which in the application envisaged, is vertical) by concave ends 6 which define two spaces 8 which constitute cylindrical sectors for accommodating the abutment.
  • the abutment comprises a cylindrical sector 4 of elastomer which is adhered to the axis 1 and a stop piece 2 of metal which, in the rest position shown in the figures, is spaced by a region 9 of the inner edge of the outer tube 3 , to define a clearance between the vertex 24 of the rounded vertex region 21 of the workpiece 2 and the inner contour of the tube 3.
  • the piece 2 has, in longitudinal section, a convex region of vertex 21 having an apex 24, this vertex region 21 being bordered by two line segments 22 and 23 forming an angle ⁇ with the axis Y.
  • the transverse direction X is that of movement of the train
  • the longitudinal direction y of the articulation is the transverse direction of the train
  • the z axis is the vertical.
  • the function of the articulation is to have a high radial rigidity in the vertical direction Z (second direction), and in the X direction (first direction) a low rigidity to ensure comfort and filtration of noise, then a high stiffness under strong radial stresses.
  • the high rigidity in the Z direction and the low rigidity in the X direction is provided by the elastomer arms 5.
  • the cylindrical sector 4 made of elastomer ensures the high stiffness function which is sought in the X direction for high loads.
  • the stops 2 are distinct elements of the arms 5 and are housed in the cells or spaces 8 between their ends. 6.
  • This abutment effect is accompanied by a wear-resistant metal-to-metal contact between the part 2 and the tube 3 and which presents no practical inconvenience because the docking noise is dampened by the cylindrical elastomer sectors. 4.
  • the outer contour of the part 2 is profiled so as to present (in longitudinal section) a convex profile with a rounded vertex region 21 having a top 24 located in the middle of the tube 3 in the Y direction, this region 21 being bordered by two straight segments 22 and 23.
  • the part 2 bears on the cylindrical sector 4 in the vicinity of its middle which avoids a concentration of the stresses at the ends 7 of the cylindrical sectors 4 and a fatigue of the elastomer that constitutes them.
  • the maximum angle is reached, it is a flat support on one of the line segments 22 or 23 with the tube 3, which also avoids a concentration of stresses at the ends 7 of the cylindrical sectors 4.
  • the elastomer surface of the abutment can be increased, and for this purpose the cylindrical sectors 4, as well as the part 2 and the axis 1 protrude longitudinally on either side of the tube 3
  • the ends 7 of the circular sectors 4 form a concave meniscus, for example semicircular.

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  • Mutual Connection Of Rods And Tubes (AREA)
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FR2925134B1 (fr) 2010-05-21
ES2392367T3 (es) 2012-12-10
CA2646614A1 (fr) 2009-06-17
CN101462547A (zh) 2009-06-24
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US20090151597A1 (en) 2009-06-18
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